I've been busy lately working on several projects around the house - mainly finishing touches in the guest room and master bedroom. Before Christmas, I found a beautiful roll of gold and white paper that I immediately thought would be perfect to highlight my grandparents' buffet in the basement guest room. I had this brilliant plan to measure and cut poster board to fit behind the shelves, and glue the fancy paper to it, and then mount it with removable tape. Except when I got home, I found out that instead of a roll of paper, it was two smaller sheets that would hardly be enough. I was disappointed. But I soon came up with plan B, which was a gold sharpie and a ruler. I decided to use the posterboard and just hand draw a herringbone pattern on it. It turned out better than I expected.
Here's the posterboard, halfway through drawing. It took awhile.
Here's the hutch before. Pretty, but too much wood paneling.
Here's the hutch after mounting the posterboard. I think it adds the perfect amount of visual interest, and brightens things up immensely.
Close-up of the shelving.
I'm not sure why this picture turned out so blurry, but it's nice to have a more finished set-up.
Now, for the bedroom! After painting and hanging frames on the accent wall above the headboard, I haven't made much progress. There were still a lot of blank spaces on the walls that needed to be filled, but I was out of ideas. Eventually I saw this (and similar ideas) on Pinterest, and thought it would be fun to try making a painting for our bedroom that would help tie-in the color scheme.
I thought I'd had enough of the chevron/herringbone pattern for awhile, so to mix things up, I used 1/8" wide painters tape to create a brick wall pattern on my canvas. The canvas is 24"x36" so as to fit perfectly above Jamey's dresser.
I dived right into the project and forgot to take pictures until this point. I bought navy, teal, gold, and tan acrylic paint, and used some leftover blue wall paint so it would match. Then I just sort of painted random splotches with a 2" wide brush, and blended the colors while they were still wet. (I should note that I painted over the tape first with white paint and let it dry so I would get clean lines with no color bleeding.)
When finished, I just peeled off the tape. Voila!
Once it dried, I hung it above Jamey's dresser.
I found this clock at Hobby Lobby for half off, and it was too pretty to pass up. Jamey kept telling me he wanted a clock in the bedroom that was big enough to read from across the room, and this fit the bill. I love the retro look of it, and the color sets off the painting nicely.
And here's the bedroom as it stands now. There are still a few things I need to finish, but it's getting there. I've had some setbacks - mainly, I had to get a new comforter because I tried to wash our old one in our washer and although it washed up fine, it scorched in the dryer. Ugh. Lesson learned. Luckily I found this for super cheap at Target, and it matches the room better than our old one anyway.
And here you can see the painting in relation to the rest of the room. It pulls in all the colors and makes everything a little more cohesive. Jamey came home after this and exclaimed "It feels like a bedroom now!" I guess it was about time. It only took me five months... BUT I guess perfection takes time, doesn't it? ;-)
